Black Scorpion (film)
| Black Scorpion | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Written by | Craig J. Nevius |
| Directed by | Jonathan Winfrey |
| Starring |
Joan Severance Bruce Abbott Garrett Morris |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Roger Corman Lance H. Robbins |
| Producer(s) | Mike Elliott |
| Cinematography | Geoff George |
| Editor(s) |
Tom Petersen Gwyneth Gibby |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Distributor | Showtime |
| Release | |
| Original network | Showtime |
Black Scorpion is a 1995 comedy-action film starring Joan Severance as the eponymous costumed crime fighter. Roger Corman was the executive producer, and it was originally released on the Showtime cable network as part of the Roger Corman Presents series.
The film concerns the comic book style adventures of Darcy Walker, a police detective whose secret identity is the Black Scorpion, a superhero vigilante for justice. The Black Scorpion does not have any actual super powers but, like Batman, she fights evildoers with a combination of martial arts, great agility and strength, and many technological devices, including a high powered, specially equipped car. And like the Batman TV series of the 1960s, Black Scorpion is a work of camp, using deliberately exaggerated and unrealistic characters and events to comic effect.
Black Scorpion was followed by a 1997 sequel, Black Scorpion II: Aftershock. In 2001, the Sci-Fi Channel aired a Black Scorpion TV series that starred Michelle Lintel in the title role.
Black Scorpion was turned into a comic book, published digitally exclusively through Devil's Due Digital.
Cast
- Joan Severance as Darcy Walker, the Black Scorpion
- Bruce Abbott as Michael Russo
- Garrett Morris as Argyle
- Rick Rossovich as Stan Walker
- Stephen Lee as Captain Strickland
- Terri J. Vaughn as Tender Lovin'
- Michael Wiseman as Hacksaw
- Brad Tatum as Razor
- Steven Kravitz as Slugger
- Darryl M. Bell as E-Z Street
- Casey Siemaszko as Dr. Goddard
- John Sanderford as Aldridge
- Matt Roe as Mayor Artie Worth
- Shane Powers as Specs (Cop #2)
External links
- Black Scorpion at the Internet Movie Database
- Black Scorpion at AllMovie
- Black Scorpion comic book from Devil's Due Digital.